Institutional Review Board (IRB) Approval, Privacy, Security and Terms of Use

EvaluateUR is intended to be used by a program or institution to more fully understand the impact of its undergraduate research or related program and to better support the participants within the programs. The data are collected and stored by the SERC office at Carleton College which does not use the data itself in any way other than to support the individual programs that subscribe to the service. Since these activities do not intrinsically involve "contributing to generalized knowledge" (e.g. drawing conclusions that apply beyond the program itself, disseminating the results to a wider audience, or otherwise engaging in systematic research) they do not require oversight by an institutional review board (IRB) because they are not 'research'.

Should you want to use the EvaluateUR data as part of any systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge (e.g. you plan to publish a paper, or present at a conference) you must obtain approval from your local IRB. The approval process will need to be completed (and any required consents collected) before any data are collected. Typically use of EvaluateUR in this way is considered 'exempt' and many IRB have expedited mechanisms for these cases.

Data collected from the EvaluateUR are kept private except as needed to support the mechanics of the program. Our security and privacy processes are detailed in Privacy and Data Security

Also see our complete Terms of Service for other related information.